Comments on: Brief Fable for Our Time, Maybe, from the WIP http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2009/04/brief-fable-for-our-time-maybe-from-the-wip/ Ridiculous Pursuits, Solemn Matters Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:51:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2009/04/brief-fable-for-our-time-maybe-from-the-wip/comment-page-1/#comment-5116 John Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:46:50 +0000 http://johnesimpson.com/blog/?p=4158#comment-5116 Moonie: Just one more reason for us to be glad you're not a Welsh brewmaster! froog: Thanks so much -- this <em>is</em> a WIP, after all, and I'm unsurprised to find sore thumbs protruding! (Especially appreciated the inverted commas around "overwriting," a grace you needn't have granted. :) Both of those ReCaptchas sound like the names of mob hangers-on. The first "Scrimps" would be the Boss's astrologer; the second, his librarian. My own word pair is <em>barbing kibitzer</em>, but please don't read anything into that! Moonie: Just one more reason for us to be glad you’re not a Welsh brewmaster!

froog: Thanks so much — this is a WIP, after all, and I’m unsurprised to find sore thumbs protruding! (Especially appreciated the inverted commas around “overwriting,” a grace you needn’t have granted. :)

Both of those ReCaptchas sound like the names of mob hangers-on. The first “Scrimps” would be the Boss’s astrologer; the second, his librarian.

My own word pair is barbing kibitzer, but please don’t read anything into that!

]]> By: froog http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2009/04/brief-fable-for-our-time-maybe-from-the-wip/comment-page-1/#comment-5113 froog Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:42:33 +0000 http://johnesimpson.com/blog/?p=4158#comment-5113 Skirting a bit close to "overwriting", I think, John. Probably deliberate - but might be straying a tad too far. I can't think of many circumstances in which 'headgear' is an acceptable substitute for 'hat'. Even if you've referred to it as a hat just before this passage, I tend to feel that 'elegant variation' is usually neither elegant nor necessary. Also, I really don't think that lucency - 'emitting light' - can be used in the same metaphorical sense as lucidity - 'allowing light to pass through'. Sorry - don't wish to seem unduly pedantic! Another great ReCaptcha pair here: <b>scrimps libras</b>. <b>scrimps libros</b> might be even better! Skirting a bit close to “overwriting”, I think, John. Probably deliberate – but might be straying a tad too far. I can’t think of many circumstances in which ‘headgear’ is an acceptable substitute for ‘hat’. Even if you’ve referred to it as a hat just before this passage, I tend to feel that ‘elegant variation’ is usually neither elegant nor necessary.

Also, I really don’t think that lucency – ‘emitting light’ – can be used in the same metaphorical sense as lucidity – ‘allowing light to pass through’.

Sorry – don’t wish to seem unduly pedantic!

Another great ReCaptcha pair here:

scrimps libras.

scrimps libros might be even better!

]]> By: Moonrat http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2009/04/brief-fable-for-our-time-maybe-from-the-wip/comment-page-1/#comment-5102 Moonrat Mon, 20 Apr 2009 03:02:13 +0000 http://johnesimpson.com/blog/?p=4158#comment-5102 can i just say that if i were a welsh brewmaster, that would definitely be my name? can i just say that if i were a welsh brewmaster, that would definitely be my name?

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